Life Surge will host its 100th live event in Denver this August. That number covers a geography of dozens of cities and venues across the country, where more than 117,000 people gathered in 2025. Life Surge reviews the first 100 events not as a single narrative arc but as a collection of individual days, each with its own city, crowd, and outcome for the people who came through the doors.
The mission behind every one of those events has remained constant. Life Surge exists to inspire, train, and equip people to surge their resources and influence for Kingdom impact. Life Surge Founder Joe Johnson built the organization around a God-First Educational Approach to financial education, and that foundation has shaped each event across the entire 100-event record.
What is the Point of Life Surge?
Life Surge is a one-day, live Christian event built around a single conviction: that faith and financial responsibility belong together and have always belonged together. The organization exists to inspire, train, and equip people to surge their resources and influence for Kingdom impact, and the structure of each event reflects that mission directly.
A typical Life Surge day is organized around four pillars the organization calls the Four W’s of Kingdom impact: Worship, Wisdom, Work, and Wealth. Each is grounded in Scripture. Each is designed to move attendees from passive attendance toward active stewardship. Life Surge Founder Joe Johnson built the organization around a God-First Educational Approach to financial education, with the conviction that growing wealth and living out faith are not competing priorities. They are, in the Life Surge framework, the same calling expressed in different domains.
How Growth Looked, Event by Event
Life Surge reviews from across the country show a consistent pattern: people attend with more than curiosity about finance. They come with questions about how their faith and their financial lives can work together, and they leave with frameworks they can apply.
Aubrey Self wrote in a Life Surge Google review, “We loved it. Very inspiring.”
Faith and financial responsibility belong together. That conviction does not shift from city to city or year to year, and the consistency of what reviewers describe across 100 events reflects the stability of that operating premise.
A Speaker Roster Built Around Kingdom Impact
Life Surge reviews consistently single out the speaker lineups as central to what each event delivers. The roster draws from entrepreneurship, faith leadership, finance, and public life, and attendees describe the quality and specificity of the programming as among the most consistently praised features of the day.
Christina Capps wrote in a Life Surge Google review: “The speakers and event without question gives out inspiration, knowledge and tools worth more than you’ll ever pay for the ticket. You won’t regret the time and investment you are making in yourself, your future, and your family by coming to this event.” She named the lineup, which included Ben Sturgill, Ed Mylett, Pastor Craig Groeschel, James Smith, Willie Robertson, John C. Maxwell, Tim Tebow, The Benham Brothers, Stephanie Chung, and Travis Meyer, and thanked them for “following each of your individual callings to make Kingdom impact.”
Ann Richards, who attended the West Palm Beach Convention Center event, wrote in a Life Surge Google review: “Life Surge at the West Palm Beach Convention Center was inspiring, well organized, and packed with powerful speakers and practical takeaways. Faith-based, motivating, and truly impactful. Highly recommend!”
Families, Entrepreneurs, and First-Timers
Life Surge reviews from first-time attendees describe experiences they wished they had found sooner. The events draw couples who attend together, parents who bring children, and entrepreneurs who come alone with questions about how to build a business that reflects their values.
Elizabeth Gehri described a purposeful approach to attending with her husband: “My husband and I used this as an opportunity to dream together about what our future holds for our faith, family, finances and kingdom building, and not just leave it as a wishful thought, but take steps to get on the same page and walk into our future prepared for where God is leading us.” She praised the speakers for bringing “truth, wisdom and a little levity needed when discussing such heavy or controversial topics.”
Jessica McTaggart, a small-business owner, wrote: “To hear from powerful entrepreneurs who loved Jesus and want to help others figure out how to increase their wealth so that we can increase our impact in the kingdom. As an entrepreneur with a small business, this is just what I needed to hear in order to learn to take things to the next level.”
Optional Next Steps for Those Who Want to Continue
Life Surge reviews submitted after events frequently mention the optional education pathway as a practical next step for those ready to go further. For people who want to build on what the one-day event produces, Impact Classes provide a three-day introductory experience covering real estate and stock market concepts. Additional training programs are offered for purchase for those who choose to enroll. All participation beyond the one-day event is the attendee’s choice. Details are at LifeSurge.com/impactclasses.
Dmitriy Kovalevich wrote in a Life Surge Google review after attending: “Powerful, motivational, and courageous speakers doing extraordinary things for God’s Glory! This is the revival and inspiration our country desperately needs! Equipping ‘We The People’ to shine brightly to the world for future generations with faith, courage, and purpose.”
Denver and What Comes Next
Life Surge reviews its 100-event history this August in Denver, where Life Surge President Shawn Marcell and the organization will mark the milestone with an audience gathered for the same purpose that has driven 99 events before it: equipping people to steward resources wisely and pursue Kingdom impact with both faith and discipline.
Joanne Read, who attended with her children, wrote in a Life Surge Google review: “I’m leaving encouraged, grateful, and excited for what’s ahead.”
